The Osceola times., 1887-09-24


house when the mother was sick,
aud all the little children deprived
of her care, and the father of drink
ing, or else at home quarreling, or
sleeping' If you have, you saw
there no place for the pursuit OF
happiness; no opportunity for intel
lectual or spiritual development; no
type Of Heaven; just = horrible pro-
cess of dying for want offood, light,
FIRE, medicines, clothes and cleanli-
ness. How sick your heart must be
when you reflect that the relief you
bring is only = drop in the bucket
of their necessities. Poor, helpless
children; poor helpless mother; and
poor, deluded father! with his mou-
ey gone; reputation, health, brains,
and hope of eternal life, all gone;
with Just q few drinks more between
him and q grave from which there is
no resurrection. How can you
think that there is better thing for
that brother than prohibition? 1t is
the only plank between him and
death in the sea OF Oblivion. Be
sure you swing it out where it will
reach him; and try to keep in mind
that there are millions of women and
children to-day whose only oPpor-
fxnity, not Aope-they can not hope
any more, for living well, rests on
your decision to keep whiskey from
the man Of the family.
But direful as the effects of this
indulgence in appetite is, and poor
and degraded as the drunkards fam
lily have become, their lot is better
than that Of he mortals who profit,
to the extent Of being housed and
fed and clothed by the sale of this
liquid. To be compelled to see the
downward course of their customers; !;
to be associated with them when
their manhood is all out, and Satan
with whiskey in; to know that nine
ty-6ve hundredths of all the crimes
committed were instigated when this
same Satan was in; to fear that in
their case, as in all Of their prede-
cessors, the ill-gotten fortune will be
unworthily dissipated; and to have
that terrible, still small voice, forev-
er and forever whispering, "Woe
unto him that putteth the bottle to
his neighbors lipsl" All yes! the
drunkard shall not inherit eternal
life, but that 1voe to the whiskey
seller ought to rouse you to make
an efficient effort to prohibit him, in
order to save him. He deserves no
pity, but it is our duty to prohibit
him in bis Office of coadjutor with
Satan. The manufacturer is no bet
ter than the seller of drinks, and
comes under the same condemnation
woe to them all.
In the st. Louis Presbyterian OF
Sept. 3nd. Of the current year, read
this statement, and after my indig-
nation wore of, felt discouraged:
"Tbs question of Prohibition is as
much political question rs the
Presidential election. 1t presents
the subject Of church interfere nee
Ia its most insidious form. Men look
At the moral side only. They con6ne
their attention to the evils of intem.
psrsnce. They confound temperance
As taught in the Bible with prohibi.
ton; hence, they feel called upon to
preach in lavor of Prohibition. Rev
s. F. Teuney, of Texas, in q recent
issue, urges the view that he ough,
to preach prohibition as taught IL
the Bible. 1t would be hard for hin
to show where it is taught in the
Bible"
| Now, all intelligent readers of the
Bible know that it is a safe guide tc
faith in matters pertaining to ouI
psychic life after our physical term
is ended, and they ought to know
that it is the only guide for correc,
living here. If 1t forbids Prohibi
ton, then drunkenness and all that
train of evils which you know fol-
low drunkenness, are in accordance
with that Divine plan of progression
toward perfection, which has been
indicated by our dear old Earth her.
self, since the time when she revolv.
ed an immense sphere of fire-mist,
and commenced to get ready for the
sojourn of the immortal creature
man. You know that drunkennes ess
is the most tremendous obstacle in
the way Of progression on Earth,
and when you get rid Of it by prohi.
bition, you can then 60 on IN the
path OF your destiny. Never ge,
discouraged if you read in religion.
paper of the same name as your ia
vorite church that Prohibition is moi
taught in the Bible; just read the
Bible more, live the Bible more, and
prohibit more. After a time, wher
the drunk men are sober, and thsil
wives and children neat enough te
come to church with them, and the
whole family gets converted, thess
-visioned temperance people
may hear that each Of US great com
mon people may say, If meat caus'
my brother to offend. / will eat NJ